PS3 [Update] Apollo Save Tool v1.8.4 released

ashura · Mar 21, 2020

bucanero said:
perfect, I'll check the save file you already shared! I totally forgot to check there!

I'll start by checking if Apollo is doing the custom CRC (mentioned by aldos) properly

edit: I did a quick check and it looks like the custom crc is calculated correctly.

@ashura: do you remember which cheats were you applying to the save file?

sure bucanero i am applying 2 cheats which those are having all combo cards and max zombie kill rate, and then actually the only one that worked was the one of combo cards, jeje the other one seems not to be working jeje

JAPANBOY · Mar 22, 2020

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antonioto · Mar 22, 2020

I select a Not Owner save file and choose Apply changes & Resign, then I got: Error! Save file couln't be resigned
What can I do now? I use Apollo v1.0.0 and CFW is 4.85 Rebug Lite

Nano1993 · Mar 22, 2020

first good job for this tool
but i need help i downloaded save data for AC4 black flag with max money, how i resign to ps3 to work with my game?
Thanks.

i downloaded the pkg but it's black screen ?

bucanero · Mar 22, 2020

antonioto said:
I select a Not Owner save file and choose Apply changes & Resign, then I got: Error! Save file couln't be resigned
What can I do now? I use Apollo v1.0.0 and CFW is 4.85 Rebug Lite

probably the App doesn't have the required secure_id key for that game. (without the key, apollo can't resign the files)

which game /title_id are you trying to resign? you can check on NP0APOLLO/USRDIR/DATA/games.conf if the game is listed there and a key is available.

For example: FIFA 19 is not listed in the config file, so Apollo doesn't have the secure_id key for that game and can't resign it.
You can acquire the secure Id keys in many ways (bruteforce using pfdtools, CFW, HEN, etc). In HEN you can enable the "secure id" logging, and once you load/save you'll get the key in a log file.

bucanero · Mar 22, 2020

Nano1993 said:
first good job for this tool
but i need help i downloaded save data for AC4 black flag with max money, how i resign to ps3 to work with my game?
Thanks.

i downloaded the pkg but it's black screen ?

well if you can't run the app then you won't be able to resign any save.

As an alternative, you can try downloading Bruteforce Save Data and resign that save on your computer, then transfer it back to your ps3.

bucanero · Mar 22, 2020

ashura said:
sure bucanero i am applying 2 cheats which those are having all combo cards and max zombie kill rate, and then actually the only one that worked was the one of combo cards, jeje the other one seems not to be working jeje

Well, finally I had some time to check and in fact, there was a bug in the custom CRC calculation in Apollo. I've fixed it and now it generates the exact same results as Bruteforce data.

I don't own the game so I couldn't test it further, but I was able to resign it on my USB and transfer the save-game to my ps3 HDD without issues. (The save-file is resigned properly and the ps3 doesn't flag it as corrupt data)

regarding the cheats, I honestly have no idea if everything should work or not, maybe you can ask on the Bruteforce data forums.

Nano1993 · Mar 23, 2020

bucanero said:
well if you can't run the app then you won't be able to resign any save.

As an alternative, you can try downloading Bruteforce Save Data and resign that save on your computer, then transfer it back to your ps3.

so i updated my ps3 system and apollo works, i downloaded save data i assign and apply it from usb and it says succeful, then i transfter it to hdd but it doasn't appear in tha game?
can you please tell me the steps i may missed something.

ashura · Mar 23, 2020

bucanero said:
Well, finally I had some time to check and in fact, there was a bug in the custom CRC calculation in Apollo. I've fixed it and now it generates the exact same results as Bruteforce data.

I don't own the game so I couldn't test it further, but I was able to resign it on my USB and transfer the save-game to my ps3 HDD without issues. (The save-file is resigned properly and the ps3 doesn't flag it as corrupt data)

regarding the cheats, I honestly have no idea if everything should work or not, maybe you can ask on the Bruteforce data forums.

jeje thanks bucanero jeje no worries actually i tried another game which was binary doaim, this is an excellent game a few know that game however it did have very good cheats that actually only worked with the savegame cheats method not thru artemis jeje i really apreciate it and i will look foward for the next update that will come jeje in order to see which other games can i use in order to have better cheats on my savedata included jeje

bucanero · Mar 25, 2020

I forgot to mention, but since v0.9.0 you can use an "owner.txt" file to force the app to resign saves with a different console id, account id, user id.
The owner.txt is a text file with 3 lines, for example:

Code:

0011223344556677 8899AABBCCDDEEFF
AABBCCDDEEFF7788
00000123

line 1 = PS ID (console id)
line 2 = Account ID
line 3 = user id

Just place the "owner.txt" file in:
/dev_hdd0/game/NP0APOLLO/USRDIR/

... and Apollo will use that information instead of the detected information.

Probably useful if you need to resign files for another console (e.g. a regular PS3 with OFW)

bucanero · Mar 25, 2020

I've released Apollo v1.0.2

besides some bug fixing and UI cosmetics, I've removed the prior restriction and now you can resign/patch/cheat save-games both on USB and HDD.

Note that if you remove the copy-lock protection on a HDD save, the XMB won't see the change (it's cached on the database)
At least until I test some alternatives to update the cached info, I suggest to:

copy the locked save-game to USB
remove the copy-lock on the USB copy

bucanero · Mar 25, 2020

Nano1993 said:
so i updated my ps3 system and apollo works, i downloaded save data i assign and apply it from usb and it says succeful, then i transfter it to hdd but it doasn't appear in tha game?
can you please tell me the steps i may missed something.

maybe the save you downloaded is for a different region, then your game won't see the save-game even if it's resigned.

e.g., you have a save for BLUSxxxxx and the game you have is BLESxxxxx

ashura · Mar 25, 2020

bucanero said:
I've released Apollo v1.0.2

besides some bug fixing and UI cosmetics, I've removed the prior restriction and now you can resign/patch/cheat save-games both on USB and HDD.

Note that if you remove the copy-lock protection on a HDD save, the XMB won't see the change (it's cached on the database)
At least until I test some alternatives to update the cached info, I suggest to:

copy the locked save-game to USB

remove the copy-lock on the USB copy

thank you very much bucanero for the new version of apollo this one is really good becuase right now it was fixed the bug of applying the cheats on hdd saves, thanks bucanero

Ranma · Mar 26, 2020

Hello,I have Ps3 superslim Hen.If I have different saves of the same game in different Ps3 profiles,how can resign or add cheat codes only to a specific one?For example,I have a Gt6 save on "my" profile and another Gt6 save on "backup" profile,and I want resign the save on "my".How can recognise "my" on Apollo Save Tool v1.0.0?
Thanks.

sandungas · Mar 26, 2020

bucanero said:
I forgot to mention, but since v0.9.0 you can use an "owner.txt" file to force the app to resign saves with a different console id, account id, user id.
The owner.txt is a text file with 3 lines, for example:

Code:

0011223344556677 8899AABBCCDDEEFF AABBCCDDEEFF7788 00000123

line 1 = PS ID (console id)
line 2 = Account ID
line 3 = user id

Just place the "owner.txt" file in:
/dev_hdd0/game/NP0APOLLO/USRDIR/

... and Apollo will use that information instead of the detected information.

Probably useful if you need to resign files for another console (e.g. a regular PS3 with OFW)

Just an idea... next thing you could do related with this is to add a new option in apollo for "Target Profile Manager" with the purpose of viewing/creating/deleting/editing that "owner.txt" files
This would allow to use multiple profiles, so i guess would be needed to indicate the "active profile" at all times inside apollo (to prevent user confusion)

bucanero · Mar 26, 2020

Ranma said:
Hello,I have Ps3 superslim Hen.If I have different saves of the same game in different Ps3 profiles,how can resign or add cheat codes only to a specific one?For example,I have a Gt6 save on "my" profile and another Gt6 save on "backup" profile,and I want resign the save on "my".How can recognise "my" on Apollo Save Tool v1.0.0?
Thanks.

if you have more than 1 user on your PS3, just open Apollo from the desired user account, then the app will access the save-games from that user.

So, steps:

login to the ps3 with the right user
open Apollo
(optional) check on the About screen, you should see the right User ID there
go to HDD saves
resign/cheat/patch the save you want

As usual, my suggestion is to make a copy of the save-game before trying cheats or patches.

bucanero · Mar 26, 2020

sandungas said:
Just an idea... next thing you could do related with this is to add a new option in apollo for "Target Profile Manager" with the purpose of viewing/creating/deleting/editing that "owner.txt" files
This would allow to use multiple profiles, so i guess would be needed to indicate the "active profile" at all times inside apollo (to prevent user confusion)

at least a first "quick" step would be to add a "Profile selector" in the settings menu. Even without the view/create/edit/delete , just scanning for owner.txt files and listing them to select the desired one would be quite useful.

Again, the app can have a lot of improvements but I'm not sure which one is the most useful (or high priority) right now.

JAPANBOY · Mar 27, 2020

Skyrim BLJM-60413
I want God mode‼︎

sandungas · Mar 27, 2020

bucanero said:
at least a first "quick" step would be to add a "Profile selector" in the settings menu. Even without the view/create/edit/delete , just scanning for owner.txt files and listing them to select the desired one would be quite useful.

Again, the app can have a lot of improvements but I'm not sure which one is the most useful (or high priority) right now.

In the way i was thinking about it would be displaying 2 lines of info
-Actual profile = Is the profile used to boot apollo
-Target profile = It could be any profile

The simple mode is when both profiles matches
Another mode is when the target profile is a different account in the PS3
And the most tricky (and restrictive) mode is if the target profile doest exists in the PS3

Dunno, personally i think something like that would be more intuitive for me, but maybe could be a bit confusing for others
And im not sure how to show that info about profiles to the user in the best way, initially i thought in displaying that info at all times (in most/all apollo screens)

-----------
Btw, about useful and more popular features, i think it would be handy to have a "bulk" importing
The goal would be to use it to restore savegames after formatting or replacing the hdd
You know, that official (and unnofficial too) backup and restore procedures are very problematic, and having a tool that automates them would be something very useful

bucanero · Mar 28, 2020

sandungas said:
And im not sure how to show that info about profiles to the user in the best way, initially i thought in displaying that info at all times (in most/all apollo screens)

at least for the moment, all the ID information is shown on the About screen, under the "console details" panel.
I'd say that resigning for different target IDs is an advanced-user thing and if they are using it, I assume they won't need to see the info in every screen.

The basic-user shouldn't need any special targeting, the automatic setting detection is enough in that case.

Btw, about useful and more popular features, i think it would be handy to have a "bulk" importing
The goal would be to use it to restore savegames after formatting or replacing the hdd
You know, that official (and unnofficial too) backup and restore procedures are very problematic, and having a tool that automates them would be something very useful

A bulk resigning/unlocking should be easy to implement. I'll keep it in mind for the next release.
To copy the files to the HDD, I still need to figure out a nice way to "update the db" so the saves show up on the XMB. ( I know it can be just copied and then run a db-rebuild, but I'd prefer to avoid that)

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